{"id":2633,"date":"2022-12-16T07:46:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T12:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.alumni.ncsu.edu\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2022-12-16T07:46:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T12:46:52","slug":"fashion-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.ncsu.edu\/2022\/fashion-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Katherine Annett-Hitchcock, associate professor in the Wilson College of Textiles, is working to ensure that the fashion industry becomes more thoughtful about how to design clothes and accessories for a wider array of people. Last spring, she partnered with Kathryn Wozniak, an assistant professor of industrial design, to mentor students who produced clothes for a fashion show held by the N.C. Spinal Cord Injury Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of Annett-Hitchcock\u2019s effort is the concept of \u201cuniversal design.\u201d It\u2019s the notion that products and spaces can and should be designed to fit the needs of people who have varying physical and intellectual abilities. She offers the example of a shirt with an adaptable sleeve to leave an amputee with the choice to reveal or not reveal the limb. Universal design was developed as a concept by Ron Mace \u201966, an architect who founded the Center for Universal Design in the College of Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An adaptive clothing design by students Sabrina Martin \u201921 and Mary Grace Wilder \u201922 is modeled here for the 2021 Threads Senior Collection Fashion Show. Photograph by Veritas Digital Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another design by students Martin and Wilder from the 2021 Threads Senior Collection Fashion Show. Photograph by Veritas Digital Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Sabrina Martin \u201921 and Mary Grace Wilder \u201922<\/a>, two students Annett-Hitchcock mentored, are set to launch a fashion collection that offers adaptive clothing options to address many needs, including those stemming from Parkinson\u2019s disease and Down syndrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n

Katherine Annett-Hitchcock, associate professor in the Wilson College of Textiles, is working to ensure that the fashion industry becomes more thoughtful about how to design clothes and accessories for a wider array of people. Last spring, she partnered with Kathryn Wozniak, an assistant professor of industrial design, to mentor students who produced clothes for a fashion show held by the N.C. Spinal Cord Injury Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of Annett-Hitchcock\u2019s effort is the concept of \u201cuniversal design.\u201d It\u2019s the notion that products and spaces can and should be designed to fit the needs of people who have varying physical and intellectual abilities. She offers the example of a shirt with an adaptable sleeve to leave an amputee with the choice to reveal or not reveal the limb. Universal design was developed as a concept by Ron Mace \u201966, an architect who founded the Center for Universal Design in the College of Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An adaptive clothing design by students Sabrina Martin \u201921 and Mary Grace Wilder \u201922 is modeled here for the 2021 Threads Senior Collection Fashion Show. Photograph by Veritas Digital Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another design by students Martin and Wilder from the 2021 Threads Senior Collection Fashion Show. Photograph by Veritas Digital Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Sabrina Martin \u201921 and Mary Grace Wilder \u201922<\/a>, two students Annett-Hitchcock mentored, are set to launch a fashion collection that offers adaptive clothing options to address many needs, including those stemming from Parkinson\u2019s disease and Down syndrome.<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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